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Yes, that is correct Dok - raw food by itself doesn't cause healing but is so easily digested that it allows a body to heal itself. Yes, it provides nutrients, calories, fiber etc. which gives nourishment and the body *uses* that nourishment to function, but the body itself is doing the healing, not the food.
Cooked food takes up an enormous amount of energy for the body to digest and assimilate, since it has been denatured by heat. The structure is all off and the body must take a lot of time and energy to use it. That is why people become so very tired after a big cooked meal (like Thanksgivng for instance).
With raw, eating food in its fresh and natural and whole form, the body does little work to digest it. Fruit are the easiest to digest, then veggies and greens, then fats. The more watery the food, the easier digestion becomes. That is why you might feel so light after eating a fruit meal (as opposed to eating a cheeseburger).
In regards to enzymes, there is a lot of information out there that you might want to check into. Some believe that enzymes are destroyed anyway before the food reaches the stomach, while others believe that enzymes assist in digestion.
IMO - If enzymes were the only important thing, one could just take a papaya enzyme tablet with their pizza and not have to worry about eating anything special. To me raw is more about eating foods that have not been denatured by heat. Also when fruit is ripe (and not underripe) it is the most digestible.
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